Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there.

Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there.

When your courtyard twists, do not pour the water abroad.

When your courtyard twists, do not pour the water abroad.

The truly generous is the truly wise, and he who loves not others, lives unblest.

The truly generous is the truly wise, and he who loves not others, lives unblest.

Luxury and dissipation, soft and gentle as their approaches are,
and silently as they throw their silken chains about read more

Luxury and dissipation, soft and gentle as their approaches are,
and silently as they throw their silken chains about the heart,
enslave it more than the most active and turbulent vices.

Falsely luxurious, will not man awake?

Falsely luxurious, will not man awake?

Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessaries.

Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessaries.

And now abideth faith, hope and charity, these three, but the greatest of these is charity. [Corinthians]

And now abideth faith, hope and charity, these three, but the greatest of these is charity. [Corinthians]

The living need charity more than the dead.

The living need charity more than the dead.

Charity: a thing that begins at home, and usually stays there.

Charity: a thing that begins at home, and usually stays there.